Also, what does 0=0A=10BABYA=36WOW mean?
0=0A=10BABYA=36WOW describes the alphabet the wow 51 character string was in : 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
You needed to know this to figure out what the index of each character was in order to make the shifting work.
Was there an alternate (more correct) path to the key? Maybe. Someone did notice some files were uploaded after the puzzle started and that was suspicious. So, perhaps you're right. The path we took was layed out for us after a mistake was noticed. Dunno.
excuse me? say what?
are you on drugs?
NO IT DOESNT
anything can be in that string simply because it has all the alphabet characters.
you didnt answer the question, you just avoided it.
Yes there is a REAL version.
Once again you can find it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=683366.0
PS: also, why is there a GATEway for darkwallet and a GATEkeeper just happens to have won?
hint hint, more to come soon....
PPS: i know you are reading this, so get this clear. you started something that you shouldnnt have.
you never intented to give the prize to this people. this was just for advertising yourself.
and guess what? spain is no longer good enough
and you are wanted back home arent you?
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Hint from OP:
0 = 0A = 10BABYA = 36WOW
0 = 0A = 10BABYA = 36WOW
This was no hint from OP, it actually is the solution of the crop circle puzzle.
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So lets break that down:
0 is the starting point
0A, which means the starting point, then becomes a capital A, I took the first capital A
10BABYA Count the next 10 characters and you find a baby A or a
36WOW If you look at the tiles over it there all there: 3, 6, w, o, w
Yeah, this makes much more sense then seeing it as a description of a base 62 alphabet translation.
The 'real' solution you keep referring to is just as fragile in it assumptions and leaps.
It could have been a valid path, but I have to believe the real path to the correct solution is the one defined by the makers or the puzzle itself.
Sure the road was bumpy and bouncy and at times we were led by the hand, but it does not make their defined road wrong, just different that
the one you are promoting.
Since I mostly enjoyed the puzzle as was laid out by the OP, I welcome a new version, and take any mistakes for granted.
Sorry to say so but you shouldnt be playing this games.
Leave it to the pros.....
and btw nobody seems to have answered what the marked area in the wow.jpg was.......
notice how there is a line going down on DECLIN.
??